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Final Score: Dallas 107 - Orlando 98

Orlando, FL (Sports Network) - Josh Howard scored 28 points and pulled down seven rebounds, as the Dallas Mavericks overcame a triple-double from Hedo Turkoglu to beat the Orlando Magic, 107-98.

Dirk Nowitzki had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Jason Terry added 20 points for the Mavericks, who beat the Magic for the ninth time in the last 11 meetings. Brandon Bass scored 16 for Dallas, which snapped a two-game overall skid and bounced back from a 90-67 loss at Detroit Sunday.

Dwight Howard tallied 28 points and seven rebounds for the Magic, who had a four-game win streak broken. Turkoglu had 13 points, 12 rebounds and a career- high 13 assists for his first career triple-double.

Maurice Evans scored 16 points, while Keyon Dooling had 14 for the Magic. Rashard Lewis tallied 13 points and Carlos Arroyo 12 in a losing cause.

Lewis' three-pointer had the Magic within 83-80 with 7:15 left, but the Mavs scored the next 10 points. Terry had six of them, and his jumper capped the burst with 3:59 remaining.

The Magic didn't get closer than six the rest of the way.

"We were right there and they hit some shots," Dwight Howard said. "It was like at the beginning of the game where they just started hitting shots and getting loose balls. It seems like they wanted it a little more from the beginning of the game."

Devean George's three moved the Mavs to a 20-11 lead in the opening quarter, and it was 29-16 going into the second.

"I think we kind of caught them off guard," Josh Howard said. "We were able to hold the lead throughout the game. We had to make a stand. THey were able to make their runs. We had to get off to the good start, or it would have been the other way around."

Dallas maintained a double-digit cushion the entire second period and led 55-41 at the half. It was 71-64 Dallas going into the fourth.